Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers

Anthony Woodville, 2nd Earl Rivers (1440-25 June 1483) was an English nobleman and the brother of Elizabeth Woodville, wife of Edward IV of England.

Biography
Anthony Woodville was the son of Richard Woodville, 1st Earl Rivers and Jacquetta of Luxembourg, and he fought for the Lancastrians at the Battle of Towton before becoming a Yorkist. His family became influential at court after his sister Elizabeth Woodville married King Edward IV of England, and Anthony was made a Knight of the Garter. His father and his brother John Woodville were captured after the Battle of Edgecote Moor in 1469 and beheaded, and Anthony succeeded his father as Earl Rivers. Rivers was wounded at the Battle of Barnet in 1471, helping Edward regain the throne. In 1472, he helped Brittany to resist a French invasion, and he became High Sheriff of Caernarvonshire in 1473. When the king suddenly died in 1483, he was ordered by his sister to bring Edward V of England straight back to London under an armed guard. However, Richard, Duke of Gloucester captured Rivers and Richard Grey and had them beheaded at Pontefract Castle on 25 June 1483.